The Future of Wastewater Treatment – how do we change?

By Nick Mills Head of Wastewater Innovation at Thames Water Why change? Our industry needs to do something different as traditional solutions will not solve some the problems now facing the industry. Thames Water is facing significant...

Healthy dosing

Good maintenance of chemical dosing systems is essential to meeting increased water quality compliance challenges. Graham Ward of WES has some money-saving and environmentally sound advice on this subject for water companies and contractors The...

Advanced Process Control – Is the Water Industry ready?

UK Water regularly says it is looking for new ideas to solve old problems: the rising costs of treatment, growing populations, ageing assets, and ever-tightening environmental standards. In 2008, Perceptive’s Advanced Process Control (APC)...

OCU Northavon: Driving Innovation in Sustainable Water and Wastewater Management

With sustainability a priority and population growth a strain, innovation in wastewater management plays a pivotal role in achieving water resilience. OCU Northavon is a leading authority of expertise and innovation in water and wastewater...

Is grit a bigger problem than we think?

We all know that grit entering water treatment works causes massive issues with process efficiency and that the degree of grit entering the works is vastly underestimated. The grit removal systems previously offered are seriously...

Toro equipment has launched its new volume range for the W-tank series supported by...

Toro Equipment is a leading European company specialised in the manufacture of equipment used for the industrial and municipal wastewater, water processing, water reuse and sludge treatment industries. W-Tank® is the realisation of a desire...

£3.6 million investment to improve quality of the River Wye

Welsh Water is investing £3.6m to upgrade the wastewater treatment works in Kingstone, Herefordshire, next to the River Wye. The not-for-profit utility company started work on the scheme earlier this year. The company explained that while...

South West Water to use I-Phyc’s algae-based treatment to sustainably remove Phosphorous and micro-pollutants...

South West Water is installing Industrial Phycology (I-Phyc)’s algal technology to remove phosphorous (P) in the final effluent at Broadwindsor Sewage Treatment Works The scheme is part of South West Water’s drive to innovate and...

Breaking down information silos in water and wastewater

What are information silos and why do they affect water/wastewater so much? Tim Harrison of SolutionsPT investigates. An information silo occurs when you have two (or more) different systems running side by side that relate...

Ultrafiltration membranes come of age

SUEZ’s Water Technologies & Solutions team can solve customers’ toughest water and wastewater process challenges wherever they occur. With more than 50,000 customers and 10,000 employees around the world, the company’s global footprint and...